Cane-gun



(N0 Model.)

F. A. WAR'DWELL.'

GANE GUN.

N0. 349,864. Patented Sept. 28, 1886.

Emea@ d 1 "lil 5 m4 NITED STATES PATENT Erica FRANK AUGUSTUS VABDW'ELL,OF METIIUEN, MASSACHUSETTS.

CANE-GUN.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 349,864, datedSeptember 28, 1886.

Application filed March 24, 1886. Serial No. 196.333. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FRANK AUGUSTUS VARDWELL, of Methuen, in the county'of Essex, of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, have invented a new anduseful Improvement in Cane-Guns 5 and I do hereby declare the same to bedescribed in the following specication and represented in theaccompanying drawings, of which- Y Figures l and 2 are longitudinalsections of the handle and the next adjacent part of the barrel of acane-gun containing my invention, the nature of which is defined in theclaims hereinafter presented. Fig. 3 is a longitudinal section of thehandle on the line 1 1 of Fig. l. Fig. et is a side View of the handle,showing part of it broken away in order to exhibit certain portions ofthe lock.

In Fig. l the breeclrpiece is shown as up or covering the breech of thecharge-chamber, while in Fig. 2 such breech-piece is shown as down, soas to uncover the said breech in order to admit of a cartridge beinginserted in such chamber.

In the said drawings,A represents the barrel, which is screwed upon ascrew, a, extending from the stationary part B of the handle, the bore bof the barrel being in continuation of a cartridge-receiving chamber,b', arranged within the handle part B and its screw a, such chamberbeing open at its rear end,and there rabbeted to receive the flange orhead of the cartridge-shell. There is applied to the rear face of thehandle part B the sliding breechpiece C, which at its upper partisnotched,as shown at c in Fig. 4, to receive a correspondingly-shapedprojection or shoulder, d, from the part B when the breech-piece is upand covering the breech or rear end of the cartridgecharnber b. Thebreech-piece Gis con nected to the handle part B in a manner to enablesuch breech-piece to be moved or slid downwardly upon the said part B.To this end there are two slots, g, in the said handle part B. Screws ego through these slots and washers f and screw into the part C, theheads of the screws being sunk within the washers. In the upper part ofthe breech-piece there is abolt, f', which is provided with a spring, h,to force it forward into a notch, z', in the handle part B. Such bolthas a lever, k, for retracting it, the said lever having its lower armprojecting through the breech piece, in manner as represented in Fig.1.By pressing inwardly the said lower arm by the thumb, when a person maybe grasping the handle, the bolt may be retracted to enable thebreechpiece to be moved downwardly upon the handle part B. Thebreech-piece has extending upward from its upper end a tenon, Z, toenter a recess or mortise, m, in the projecting -part d of the handleportion B, such tenou and mortisc or recess being to hold thebreechpiece firmly in place against the back-pressure of thecartridgeshell during an explosion of the charge or load thereof. Bothportions B and C of the handle are chambered to receive the parts of thelock now to be described. The hammer is shown at D and its operativespring at E, such hammer being within and pivoted to the breech-piece C.The tail n of the hammer extends through a slot, o, in the part B, andis notched, as shown at p, to receive the upper arm of a catch-lever, q,in order to hold the hammer cocked. A spring,r, bears against the lowerarm of the lever q, as shown in Fig. l. The trigger is represented at sas a lever borne against the tail of the catch-lever q by a spring, t,arranged as represented in Fig. l. rIhe trigger, at its upper end orpart, projects through the handle part B, as shown at u. By bearingagainst the part a by the index-finger the eatch-lever will be forcedout of engagement with the hammer when the latter is cocked. There iswithin the part B a projection or shoulder, @,against which the tail ofthe hammer is forced while the breech-piece is being moved downwardly touncover the cartridgechamber. In this movement 0f the breech-piece thehammer will be cocked, and will remain cocked while the part C is beingmoved upward to close the charge-chamber. There is within the part B acartridge-extractor, it being shown at G in Fig. l as a slide adapted toextend up into the charge-chamber and to slide longitudinally thereof.It is jointed or applied to the upper end of a lever, H, whose longer orlower arm is curved, as shown in Figs. l and 4. Vhile the part C isbeing slid downward a cam or roo stud, w, projecting from one of thewashersf, is moved against the said arm, and thereby turns the lever andoperates the cartridge-eX- tractor, so as to cause it to expel the spentcartridge-shell from the charge-chamber. On forcing a fresh cartridgeinto the charge-chamber the extractor will be moved back thereby toplace; or it may be so moved by the wedgeshaped tenon at the top of thepart C while such part C is being forced upward; or the part G or itslever H may have a retractive spring applied to them to effect-thereturn movement of the extractor.

l. The combination of the barrel A and the handle part B, extendingtherefrom, with the movable or sliding breech-piece C, connected to andfitted to slide on such part B,and forming therewith the handle of thecane-gun, the hammer and its` catchlever and their operative springs,carried by such breech-piece,and the trigger and its actuatingspringapplied to the said part B, such hammer having its tail extending withinthe said part B, and the latter being provided with the projection c,and all being arranged and to operate substantially as set forth.

2. The combination of the barrel and the handle part B, connect-edtherewith, and having the recessed projection d, with the movable orsliding breech-piece G, provided with the tenon to enter the saidprojection, and connected with and tted to slide on such part B, andforming therewith the handle of the cane-gun, such part C being providedwith the lock-hammer, its actuating-spring, and catchlever and itsactuating-spring, and the part B being` furnished with the trigger andits actuating-spring, and the projection against which the tail of thehammer, extending-within such part B, strikes in order to effect thecocking of the hammer, as specied.

3. The combinationof the barrel A and its handle part B, extendingthe1'efrom,with the movable or sliding breech-piece G, connected to andfitted to slide on such part B, and forming therewith the handle ofthecane-gun, the hammer and its catch-lever and their operativesprings,carried by such breech-piece, and the trigger and itsactuating-spring, and the cartridge-extractor and its operative leverapplied to the part B, all heilig substantially and to operate as setforth.

FRANK AUGUSTUS WARDWELL.

Vitnesses:

EnnN G. KNIGHT, JosErH F. SMITH.

